The Levantini Podcast

From Camel to Truck - The Bedouin in the Modern World

May 19, 2020 Foreigncy / Dawn Chatty Episode 30
The Levantini Podcast
From Camel to Truck - The Bedouin in the Modern World
Show Notes

In this episode of the podcast, we spoke with Professor Dawn Chatty who is the former director of the Refugee Studies Center at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of the British Academy and an internationally recognized expert on Bedouin culture and tribalism. She is the author of From Camel to Truck - The Bedouin in the Modern World. We spoke about her decades of experience researching the Bedouin of the Levant, their history, customs, and current situation in Syria.